Reddit mentions of The Quantum World: Quantum Physics for Everyone

First of all, I see what you're saying. That being said, I don't think calling a novel "pseudo-philosophy" amounts to a dismissal of the ideas contained in the book. Certainly, tracking ideas rather than character development or imagery is a good way of reading a book. However, to give an analogy, there is clearly a difference between this book on quantum mechanics and this one. The former is not really science while the latter is. The same goes for Motorcycle Maintenance versus Word and Object. MM presents some philosophical ideas, while W&O is a central work of philosophy that contributes directly to a field of professional philosophy. That doesn't mean that MM isn't a great novel, but it doesn't have the kind of rigor that would allow it to serve as the basis for a serious philosophical inquiry. In other words, if W&O makes a claim you don't agree with, you can't cite MM as a legitimate source for a rebuttal. They're just simply not on an equal philosophical level. At the same time, you don't want to give W&O to a highschooler in order to help them start learning to track ideas when they read. MM is clearly better for that. MM may be a very enriching book, but that doesn't make it philosophy. And calling something "not philosophy" is not a criticism. It's simply a classification. In other words, you wouldn't put MM in the philosophy section of an academic library alongside Quine, Davidson, Russell, etc. - even if it's worth putting somewhere else.

My Recommendations:

Quantum: Einstein, Bohr, and the Great Debate about the Nature of Reality

Brian Greene Has Three Wonderful Books

The Quantum World: Quantum Physics for Everyone

The first one, is mostly history with a fair bit of Quantum/Particle physics.

Brian Greene covers topics from cosmology, quantum physics, and he is also a string theorist so he touches upon that.

The Quantum World is a more detailed introduction to quantum physics.

I did MedLab at uni and have about the same level of maths. This book is a pretty good place to start...
http://www.amazon.com/The-Quantum-World-Physics-Everyone/dp/067401832X

Check this book out, The Quantum World, I'm no mathematician but this gave me a great understanding of what Quantum Physics actually is.. We're talking about the fabric of reality itself. It may change your perspective on a lot of things once you turn a few pages.